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Posted by BillW50 on January 24, 2008, 7:31 am
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Peabody typed on Wed, 23 Jan 2008 20:08:57 -0600:
> A friend of mine has an Acer Aspire laptop, and the USB
> ports are "worn out". He says the contacts are either
> broken or bent.
>
> He would like to take the laptop apart and either repair the
> ports or replace them.
>
> He has a couple of junk laptops, and has already removed
> two good USB sockets from them, but he says they don't
> appear to mount the same way as on the Acer motherboard.
> So I suspect it's going to be tough to find the right
> replacements unless we can somehow figure out the right
> Mouser (or whatever) part to order.
>
> An alternative would be to attempt to repair the existing
> sockets by replacing just the contacts.
>
> Anyone have experience with this kind of repair, or have
> suggestions?
Well there are a few places in the states that repairs motherboards in
laptops. I am sure they know where to get them. Maybe asking one of them
might help. Here is one I found by Googling.
http://absoluteraleigh.com/
I plug and unplug things from my USB ports all of the time. I never had
a problem yet, but always wondered if this could happen to me someday.
Another thought is they sell PC Card (PCMCIA) USB cards. That might be
an option too. I should probably get one myself. As 5 USB ports isn't
enough for me.
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Bill
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